damn, need help with a skimmer. please

[young doz]

it seems these micro bubbles have a thing for me
hey again people
is there any way to make my skimmer blow less micro bubbles? its an octopus ns-80 nano skimmer, i mean i thought skimmers were good, the only thing this one is doing is making it hard for me to enjoy the view of my corals

does anybody have a possible solution?
thanks

[SWINGRRRR]

How old is it? May just have to let it break in.

[young doz]

i just put the skimmer in yesterday, what do you mean by break in?

[108reefer]

you may need to set up a diffuser for the effluent. let's see if I can explain it enough. I have my skimmer effluent dumping into a 6" PVC pipe with a 90 to make it swirl, cut a notch out of the bottom for water to exit - like a 1/4 of it or so, it will still stand up. have the water go in the top with a hose/pipe and put a 90 on it near the top. the water will swirl, bubbles stay up and pop - the water will exit out the bottom clear. make sense? Very simple and it works! I fought those little buggers for a long time too, saw this at a LFS and said AH HA! had it ever since!

[young doz]

thanks for that reply man but i have no idea what that means

[108reefer]

ok, I am not familiar with your skimmer, but where does the water exit from it? can you put a hose/pipe on it to dump it somewhere? if so, hmm let me see if I can take a picture

[108reefer]

I can't get a good picture of it, too much stuff in the way. so here goes again... first, is your skimmer in the sump?

[SWINGRRRR]

i just put the skimmer in yesterday, what do you mean by break in?

Skimmers take time to "break-in." They get covered with a slime coat that will help with the bubbles. I bet if you try leaving it alone for a couple of days, up to 2 weeks, it will work it self out. Just run it wide open for at least 2 days, then adjust it up a tiny tiny bit. Wait to more days, tiny tiny bit more. It just takes time. No amount of plumbing or fooling with it will make up for patience.

[SWINGRRRR]

first, is your skimmer in the sump?

Umm, the NS-80 is an HOB skimmer. Probably dont have a sump.

[108reefer]

10-4. thanks swingrrr! mine is just a little bigger.. AP702

[SWINGRRRR]

mine is just a little bigger.. AP702
And I thought I liked to overskim!!!!

[108reefer]

too many fish, and they like to eat!! really works great, and got it from a fellow reefer locally who was getting out of the hobby for some time. he had an AP1004 with a self cleaning head!! and you thought I was a hog LOL.

[young doz]

hey thanks guys i guess ill just wait a lil while, and thanks 108reefer, sorry i didnt understand lol

[RVANANO]

I think what he was trying to say is that if your bubble problem doesn't subside after a week or so ( the break in period) you may need to re-route the skimmer return (the pipe that dumps the water from the skimmer back into the tank) to an area that isn't right where your return pump is.